<strong>Blog</strong> | Nick Robinson: how (not) to report a planned war crime

A BBC news story has revealed UK politicians are planning to offer diplomatic, possibly military, support to an Israeli attack against Iran, despite the fact this would break international law, inflame the Middle East and endanger British citizens everywhere.

Media | Nick Robinson: how (not) to report a planned war crime
<strong>Blog</strong> | Janet Alder:

Janet Alder, sister of Christopher Alder, delivers a powerful speech about her fight to secure justice after her brother's death in police custody more than a decade ago.

Blog | Janet Alder: “My brother’s killing is state murder”
Foundations for Empire

In his latest column, Michael Barker argues that, far from eradicating poverty and aiding economic development, major US philanthropic foundations have played a key role in undermining efforts to promote a meaningful democratic alternative to capitalism, both at home and abroad.

On Corporate Power | Foundations for Empire: corporate philanthropy and US foreign policy…
<strong>Analysis</strong> | Ramzy Baroud: The Hands behind Sudan’s Oil War: Another War in Sudan?

Author and columnist Ramzy Baroud provides an exclusive, eye-opening account of the latest developments, and rising tensions, in Sudan.

Analysis | Ramzy Baroud: The hands behind Sudan’s Oil War
Blame the Asians, says man who oversaw mass rape

Some of the respected commentators on the recent "Asian grooming" case in Rochdale have their own skeletons in the closet. Musab Younis asks whether the focus on race might have provided a means of brushing aside the complicity in the rape and abuse of children entrenched in Britain's criminal justice system.

Comment | Changing the subject: on “Asian grooming” as political fig leaf
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Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - May 22, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment

Editorial | Beyond Kafka: this unjust detention and extradition of UK citizens must end

"we are being slowly eased into a world where we are all potentially guilty until we can prove otherwise."

In a few weeks, Talha Ahsan, Babar Ahmad, Gary McKinnon, Richard O’Dwyer and other UK citizens are facing the real prospect of extradition to the US for alleged crimes committed in the UK for which most have been detained for years without charge or evidence. This is a travesty of justice beyond Kafka’s wildest imaginings, argues Hicham Yezza.

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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - May 11, 2012 0:00 - 4 Comments

Comment | Richard Falk: Palestine’s hunger strikers have created a Gandhian moment

Palestinian children take part in a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day  (Photo: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem)

Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and world-renowned legal scholar, argues that despite the silence from Western media and politicians, the extraordinary hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners marks a dramatic shift in Palestinian tactics of resistance.

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Ceasefire Shorts | Why BDS is working, New in Ceasefire, Politics - May 16, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments

Comment | Ilan Pappé: the boycott will work, an Israeli perspective

Ilan Pappe (Photo: Paula Geraghty)

In the second of our exclusive extracts from “The Case For Sanctions Against Israel,” Ilan Pappé, celebrated Israeli Historian and author, argues that the BDS movement is the best means to end Israel’s oppressive occupation and prevent another Nakba.

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New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - May 10, 2012 9:09 - 2 Comments

Analysis | ‘Keeping the peace’ in Somalia

David Cameron opens the Somalia conference in London, 23 Feb 2012 . (Photograph: Matt Dunham/AFP/Getty Images)

Elliot Murphy provides an unsettling account of the latest developments in Somalia, and warns against Western calls for foreign intervention.

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In Theory, New in Ceasefire - May 18, 2012 11:13 - Comment

An A to Z of Theory | Jean Baudrillard: a new system of meaning

Reality TV: "creating the illusion of watching things as they would be with no cameras there."

In the latest instalment of his series on Jean Baudrillard, political theorist Andrew Robinson explores the implications of the French thinker’s theories of ‘the code’ and ‘reproduction’ for meaning and communication.

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Books, New in Ceasefire - May 14, 2012 0:00 - Comment

Books | Review: ‘Social Movements in the Global South’

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The role of activist researchers from wealthy nations in social movements in the Global South is a question rarely explored in academia. Adam Elliott-Cooper reviews an important new volume of scholarly accounts from across the Globe, edited by Sara Motta and Alf Nilsen.

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